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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HENRY ASTRUCK, OF NE YORK, N. Y.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,270, dated December 31, 1895. I

Application filed May 1, 1895. Serial No. 547,770. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I JOHN HENRY ASTRUCK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car- Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in car-fenders.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved fender which is simple in construction, effective in use, can be applied on cars of all kinds, and when not in use can be folded very compactly to permit of placing it under the car, and which fender can be erected for use or folded for storage very easily and rapidly.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved folding fender erected for use. Fig. 2 is part of the front elevation, showing the fender erected, parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the fender folded and pushed under the car, part of which is also shown in side elevation, parts of the fender being broken away and others shown in section.

The base-frame of the fender is composed of two side bars A, which are united by the front cross-bar A and the rear cross-bar A and in the front parts of said side bars A the axle B is mounted, on which are fixed the wheels B that support the front part of the frame and run on the usual track-rails B A tube 0 is attached centrally and longitudinally to the cross-bars A and A and projects some distance beyond the rear crossbar A which tube G is adapted to receive a tube 0 of less diameter and having its rear end pivoted to a cross-bar D on the car-body tubes it prevents pushing the tube C to the rear and over the tube 0, and thus holds the supporting-frame securely in the outer position.

After the fender-frame has been folded in a manner to be described hereinafter and is to be stored under the car F, the rear latch E is raised so as to release the tubes, and then the supporting-frame with the tube 0 can be pushed to the rear and under the car, the tube 0 passing over the tube 0 and into the position shown in Fig. 3. A like latch E is provided on the front cross-bar A for locking the tubes together after the supporting-frame has been pushed under the rear.

To the outer side of each side bar A a standard G is pivoted at the rear end, which standard is provided with a longitudinal groove G extending its entire length in its outer side.

Said standard is provided a short distance above its lower pivoted end with a knucklejoint 9 on its rear edge, so as to adapt swinging said standard inward at said knuckle and to swing the upper part of the standard to ward the rear and over the lower part, as shown in Fig. 3.

To the outer side of each bar A a plate H is I ards G in the relative positions, as shown in,

Fig. 1.

A yielding frame 0, having side, top, and bottom bars and a filling of wire-netting or any other suitable similar yielding material is provided a short distance upward from its lower end with a downwardly-projecting lug P, in which is mounted a roller P, that can run in the grooved track K on the side of a plate H. The upper end of each side bar of the yielding frame 0 is provided with a lug R, extending toward the rear, and on each lug R a roller S is mounted, that can run up and down in the longitudinal groove G in the outer face of a standard G. Helical springs T have their lower ends or front ends connected with the front bar of the yielding frame 0 and their upper ends with a cross-bar uniting the standards G.

When the fender is erected ready for use on the car, as shown in Fig. 1, and is to be taken down and folded so as to occupy a minimum of space-for example in the car-stables or during a return trip-the pins N are withdrawn and the standards G folded to the front at their knuckle-joints 9 until the lower part of each standard rests upon a pin h on the side of a bar A and the upper part extends to the rear. The frame 0 swings down on the folded standards G, as shown. The rear latch E is raised and the supporting-frame with the folded standards and the yielding frame 0 are pushed under the car in the manner described and are locked in place by the latch E 011 the front cross'bar A of the supporting-frame.

hen the fender is to be erected for use the front latch E? is raised, the supportingframe pulled outward until it is locked in place by the rear latch E, dropping into the slots in the tube 0. Then the standards G are swung into upright position, in which they are held by the pins N, which are passed through the apertures in the bars L and standards G. Thereby the plates If and tracks K are brought in proper position and the fender is ready for use.

In case a person is struck by the fender he is thrown upon the yielding frame 0, the upper end of which slides on the standards G, and the lower part of which runs on inclined tracks K by means of the rollers P.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a car fender, the combination with a supporting frame, of standards pivoted thereto, means for holding the standards erect, a yielding frame mounted to slide at its rear end on said standards and having its front end mounted to run on the supporting frame and a spring acting 011 said yielding frame, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a car-fender, the combination with a supporting frame, of standards hinged to the rear parts thereof, braces hinged to the front of the supporting frame, means for connecting said braces with the standards a yielding frame having its rear upper end mounted to slide on said standards and having its front end mounted to run on the supporting frame, and a. spring acting on said yielding frame, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a car fender, the combination with a supporting frame, of standards, pivoted to the rear parts thereof braces pivoted to the front parts of the supporting frame, means for locking said braces on the standards tracks formed on the front parts of said braces and a yielding frame having its upper rear end mounted to run on said standards and its front end mounted to run on the tracks on the front parts of the braces, and a spring acting 011 said yielding frame, substantially as herein shown and described.

4:. In a car fender, the combination with a supporting frame, of standards hinged to said frame, a rod uniting the two standards, on opposite sides of said frame, braces hinged to the front parts of the supporting frame and united with each other behind the standards, means for-locking the braces on the standards,

a yielding frame having its upper end mount-- ed to run on said standards and having its front end mounted to run on the front parts of the supporting frame and a spring for pullin g the fender upward and to the rear, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. In a car fender, the combination with a supporting frame of a tube open at both ends and permanently and centrally fixed longitudinally on said supporting frame, a second tube pivoted to part of the car, to swing laterally and adapted to pass into the tube on the supporting frame, means for locking the said two tubes together, both when the inner tube is within the outer tube and when the inner tube is almost entirely withdrawn from the outer tube, and a folding fender frame mounted 011 said supporting frame, substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my namc,in presence of two witnesses, this 30th day of April, 1895.

JOHN HENRY ASTRUOK.

\Vitnesses OSCAR F. GUNZ, N. M. FLANNERY. 

